Polly Dibbs

Mrs Dibbs - Polly Dibbs,

  Standing at a tub,

Washing other people's clothes -

  Rub-Rub-Rub.

Poor, old, skinny arms

  White with soapy foam -

At night she takes her shabby hat

  And goes off home.

Mrs Dibbs - Polly Dibbs -

  Is not very rich.

She goes abroad all day to scrub,

  And home at night to stitch.

She wears her shabby hat awry,

  Perched on a silly comb;

And people laugh at Polly Dibbs

  As she goes home.

Mrs Dibbs - Mother Dibbs -

  Growing very old,

Says, "it's a hard world!"

  And sniffs and drats the cold.

She says it is a cruel world,

  A weary world to roam.

But God will smile on Polly Dibbs

  When she goes Home.